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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Stratego, Ken, Don't Break the Ice, G.I. Joe, Batman action figures, Sindy, G.I. Joe: America's movable fighting man, Captain Action, Crissy, Nerf, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Camp Granada, Creepy Crawlers, Troll doll, Operation, Upsy Downsy, Tammy, Etch A Sketch, Major Matt Mason, Chatty Cathy, Motorific, Best of the West, Johnny Seven OMA, Colorform Aliens, Easy-Bake Oven, Billy Blastoff, See 'n Say, Zeroids, Gonk, Moon McDare, Hamilton Invaders, Project SWORD, Tracer gun, Mebetoys, Tressy, Johnny Apollo, Metal House Robots, Strange Change Machine, Wizzzer, Love Tester, Action Boy, Remco Showboat, Ants in the Pants, Tog'l, Astrobase, Ultra Hand, Johnny West, Dr. Evil, Mr. Machine, Big Loo, Blaze, Vac-u-form, Hippy Sippy, Johnny Hero, Odd Ogg, Philiform, Groan tube, Littlechap Family, Rock-a-Stack. Excerpt: G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier (U.S. Army), Action Sailor (U.S. Navy), Action Pilot (USAF), Action Marine (USMC) and later on, the Action Nurse. The term G.I. stands for Government Issue and became a generic term for U.S. soldiers (predating the action figures), especially ground forces. The development of G.I. Joe led to the coining of the term "action figure." The G.I. Joe trademark has been used by Hasbro to title two different toy lines. The original 12-inch line that began in 1964 centered on realistic action figures. In the United Kingdom, this line was licensed to Palitoy and known as Action Man. In 1982, the line was relaunched in a 33/4-inch scale complete with vehicles, playsets, and a complex background story involving an ongoing struggle between the G.I. Joe Team and the evil Cobra Command which seeks to take over the Free World while using terrorism....
